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ShrimpPoboy

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26. Yup

Reply to stone space (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 14, 2016, 01:57 PM

Jan 2016

It's hard to build real character when you're handed everything.

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What if Donald Trump was born poor. . [View all] B Calm Jan 2016 OP

He'd have had a much different life, and might very well have... stone space Jan 2016 #1

Yup ShrimpPoboy Jan 2016 #26

He might be rich but it would have taken longer and probably would not be as rich yeoman6987 Jan 2016 #2

Some are rich, but what % end up that way? Donald made his fortune in real estate B Calm Jan 2016 #6

that is a good question melm00se Jan 2016 #15

Again, what percentage of people who were born poor end up rich? B Calm Jan 2016 #17

the information necessary to provide at least one melm00se Jan 2016 #22

Doesn't answer my question. B Calm Jan 2016 #25

It is not possible to make a million on your own. KentuckyWoman Jan 2016 #19

Earning/buying/investing $1 million in assets is very different than $300 million MillennialDem Jan 2016 #23

How ever it is by far the least common path to riches.... daleanime Jan 2016 #7

see post #15 melm00se Jan 2016 #16

Gee, who funded the study? daleanime Jan 2016 #18

why not google melm00se Jan 2016 #29

Why would I be interested in the statistics.... daleanime Jan 2016 #39

It's a bad argument, because most "millionaires" have $1,000,000 - $1,999,999 in assets. That's MillennialDem Jan 2016 #30

Can you name some, say 1000. Kingofalldems Jan 2016 #11

I'd say he probably madokie Jan 2016 #3

He'd probably still be an ass. hobbit709 Jan 2016 #4

And owe thousands in child support. TIME TO PANIC Jan 2016 #40

He would currently be an armed seditionist at the Malheur Refuge . . . fleur-de-lisa Jan 2016 #5

+1! 2naSalit Jan 2016 #36

He would be richer today if he had put all of daddy's money into a stock fund. yellowcanine Jan 2016 #8

No, his father gave him the money. onecaliberal Jan 2016 #9

An ass kicking would be a regular occurrence for him. lpbk2713 Jan 2016 #10

He has a high IQ, so he would probably do well in life. But without the help at the start from patricia92243 Jan 2016 #12

He says he has a high IQ maveric Jan 2016 #45

D-Rump really Mendocino Jan 2016 #13

He describes this loan as "paying his dues" because he had to pay his dad back... annabanana Jan 2016 #47

Like Willard and Queen Anne, Mendocino Jan 2016 #56

He'd be an impoverished racist, jackass, fuckwad? 11 Bravo Jan 2016 #14

He would have had to learn things, to work, and to respect others. He'd have been different. Orsino Jan 2016 #20

His lack of conscious is the issue not his wealth. KentuckyWoman Jan 2016 #21

no he'd be a "loser" (his word) Takket Jan 2016 #24

HUGE LOSER! B Calm Jan 2016 #55

He'd be a used car salesman. TIME TO PANIC Jan 2016 #27

Yeah, I could see that. Or some low level real estate developer/landlord one step ahead of the law. bklyncowgirl Jan 2016 #31

He'd definitely be doing something shady. TIME TO PANIC Jan 2016 #35

I've known plenty of New York City landlords who fit his profile quite nicely. bklyncowgirl Jan 2016 #44

Relevant user name MillennialDem Jan 2016 #34

It's better to keep a cool head, TIME TO PANIC Jan 2016 #38

I was going to say that he would be working at the third best tire repair shop in town. Squinch Jan 2016 #51

He would have a hard time keeping a job at McDonalds. redstatebluegirl Jan 2016 #28

To paraphrase: A million bucks ain't what it used to be. bulloney Jan 2016 #32

Right, a better definition of what people imagine as a millionaire (like Thurston Howle or MillennialDem Jan 2016 #33

I think he'd probably 2naSalit Jan 2016 #37

He would've been beaten to death sometime in his 30's. DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2016 #41

He would be a truck driver that listens to Limbaugh everyday. Sam_Fields Jan 2016 #42

It takes skills to drive an 18 wheeler. I really doubt he's ever droven a stick shift B Calm Jan 2016 #50

I bet he would still be on tv ohnoyoudidnt Jan 2016 #43

Someone, somewhere MIGHT have told him "no"... annabanana Jan 2016 #46

He'd be some jerk low level government bureaucrat. tabasco Jan 2016 #48

Say what you want about Donald Trump Calista241 Jan 2016 #49

He would probably be less of a dick. louis-t Jan 2016 #52

He'd be a neighborhood grifter with a long rap sheet Warpy Jan 2016 #53

He would probably be the Car Wash Mogul of Passaic jmowreader Jan 2016 #54

Without his daddy's money, trump would be nothing Gothmog Jan 2016 #57